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ok so I've got a story for you recently I bought a new chevy sonic. Loving it to death, but I had to take the car in today to touch up some stuff and apply all the junk for the protection package that was set up when I bought it, like the coating that repels water and all that junk I was told two things by the guy at the dealership when we scheduled a time to drop the car for this: 1: it will take ~4 hours, and if I drop it off around 5 it should be done by closing time 2: I will get a loaner car with a full tank of gas, and a paid-for IPass installed (system for open tollways in Illinois); apparently any time the car needs repairs at their shop they'll do this for me I made clear on these facts because it's a 40 mile drive to work with 3 or 4 tolls in each direction, obviously something that would need to be triple checked so I'm not left mistaken and stranded or something Came in today at 4:45, parked in the big garage by all of the loaner vehicles, including an identical sonic. All of the vehicles had the dealership name plastered everywhere, so it was pretty clear what was what. Aside from the sonic, there were two cruzes, a truck, and SUV, and a spark so he wraps up the paperwork and says "alright, I just need the vehicle number, one sec". Then he walks over to this [img]http://image.motortrend.com/f/34605086+w786+ar1/2013-Chevrolet-Spark-blue-front-three-quarters.jpg[/img] jegus fuc, the 2013 Chevy Spark in baby blue I asked why I wasn't getting the similar car, and he said that it was already in the books that we were going to rent this one. So why doesn't he have the numbers yet? I argued for a bit, and finally gave up. I'd only have a few hours, probably just drive home and come back. Asked when I could pick it up. Oh, about noon tomorrow? I'll be at work. You know, 40 miles south of here. That's cool so, I gave up. I had a kind of morbid curiosity when originally shopping what that thing looked/felt like inside, so I climbed in and it was just pure plastic. I'm seriously surprised the seat wasn't a single molded piece. As for the rest of it, it was like being a small child in a massive golf cart. Seriously it sits as tall as a small SUV, and feels about as sturdy as a piece of tupperware. so I begrudgingly drive it off, and about two seconds out of the parking lot I find it's having trouble getting up to speed, on a 35 god damn mph road. Taking turns felt dismal, like I was about to tip over or just plain fall apart from the mild force. I feel so unsafe in this that I don't even want to take it on the highway... and what's this? Wow less than half a tank of gas and... uh oh, no ipass. Called in to ask about that, and they said "oh we haven't installed it in that one though." and didn't think to wonder why I was asking or sounded flustered. I drove back to the dealership to see if they could put one in or swap cars, and the guy pulled the ipass out of my car and handed it to me. Because that doesn't trigger as 'stolen' if I drive through the toll in unfamiliar plates or anything I drove home and just decided that it was best I leave this parked on the curb until we need to return it and take our old minivan with its 15-20mpg out to work tomorrow instead of even try oh my godh
Jacked around today with my camera, took this vid. I really wish I had another person with me so I could keep a eye on it. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDxCtwAzgWE[/media] People have been bugging me about my Cabby, don't worry guy's its loving it under a TREE. (insert rage about fuel injection that's clogged up and fubar here) [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1031910/Canon%20T3i/IMG_1459.JPG[/t]
I'm late with this (like by a week) but Motor Trend caught the C7 being tested the other day [img]http://carphotos.cardomain.com/story_images/1/2644/1061/6608030001_large.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Fladed;37719561]I'll just leave this here. [url]http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/pts/3279185961.html[/url][/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Its like someone took a rocket and opened its mouth and poured steroids down its throat and and threatened to kill its family if it wasn't the fastest motherfcker you've ever driven.[/QUOTE] I laughed so hard
[QUOTE=Neddix;37693046]Hill starts are a fucker the first few times.[/QUOTE] One of my friends tells me it's really easy with the Toyota HiAce, that he can do it with barely any throttle :v:
[QUOTE=daijitsu;37720704]ok so I've got a story for you recently I bought a new chevy sonic. Loving it to death, but I had to take the car in today to touch up some stuff and apply all the junk for the protection package that was set up when I bought it, like the coating that repels water and all that junk I was told two things by the guy at the dealership when we scheduled a time to drop the car for this: 1: it will take ~4 hours, and if I drop it off around 5 it should be done by closing time 2: I will get a loaner car with a full tank of gas, and a paid-for IPass installed (system for open tollways in Illinois); apparently any time the car needs repairs at their shop they'll do this for me I made clear on these facts because it's a 40 mile drive to work with 3 or 4 tolls in each direction, obviously something that would need to be triple checked so I'm not left mistaken and stranded or something Came in today at 4:45, parked in the big garage by all of the loaner vehicles, including an identical sonic. All of the vehicles had the dealership name plastered everywhere, so it was pretty clear what was what. Aside from the sonic, there were two cruzes, a truck, and SUV, and a spark so he wraps up the paperwork and says "alright, I just need the vehicle number, one sec". Then he walks over to this [img]http://image.motortrend.com/f/34605086+w786+ar1/2013-Chevrolet-Spark-blue-front-three-quarters.jpg[/img] jegus fuc, the 2013 Chevy Spark in baby blue I asked why I wasn't getting the similar car, and he said that it was already in the books that we were going to rent this one. So why doesn't he have the numbers yet? I argued for a bit, and finally gave up. I'd only have a few hours, probably just drive home and come back. Asked when I could pick it up. Oh, about noon tomorrow? I'll be at work. You know, 40 miles south of here. That's cool so, I gave up. I had a kind of morbid curiosity when originally shopping what that thing looked/felt like inside, so I climbed in and it was just pure plastic. I'm seriously surprised the seat wasn't a single molded piece. As for the rest of it, it was like being a small child in a massive golf cart. Seriously it sits as tall as a small SUV, and feels about as sturdy as a piece of tupperware. so I begrudgingly drive it off, and about two seconds out of the parking lot I find it's having trouble getting up to speed, on a 35 god damn mph road. Taking turns felt dismal, like I was about to tip over or just plain fall apart from the mild force. I feel so unsafe in this that I don't even want to take it on the highway... and what's this? Wow less than half a tank of gas and... uh oh, no ipass. Called in to ask about that, and they said "oh we haven't installed it in that one though." and didn't think to wonder why I was asking or sounded flustered. I drove back to the dealership to see if they could put one in or swap cars, and the guy pulled the ipass out of my car and handed it to me. Because that doesn't trigger as 'stolen' if I drive through the toll in unfamiliar plates or anything I drove home and just decided that it was best I leave this parked on the curb until we need to return it and take our old minivan with its 15-20mpg out to work tomorrow instead of even try oh my godh[/QUOTE] hahahahaha!
[QUOTE=Spectre1406;37720570]Check out the McLaren P1. [img]http://images.freshnessmag.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/09/mclaren-p1-concept-01.jpg[/img] it better be as wild as f1[/QUOTE] The entire front end of the car is grinning. :v:
[QUOTE=Ferosso;37722549]hahahahaha![/QUOTE] dude I miss yer pictures
[QUOTE=Saber15;37722773]The entire front end of the car is grinning. :v:[/QUOTE] Wider than the MP4-12C.
So today I bought some purple royal to put in my mustang because it was running low. I look at it as I was pouring it in I noticed it is purple in color so I thought to myself... ... what is also purple in color... I came to the conclusion that purple royal is made from the blood of elites, that is why it's so dam good. Now my mustang is running on the blood of aliens. ;p
[img]http://imageshack.us/a/img844/553/imag0065xz.jpg[/img] [img]http://imageshack.us/a/img208/1637/imag0064bo.jpg[/img] [img]http://imageshack.us/a/img543/4955/imag0066df.jpg[/img] Yes.
So, a couple weeks ago I took a leisurely drive out to Flagstaff from Socal. It was a comfortable ride and took me roughly 8 hours. I experienced no problems. On my way back a couple days later it got hot enough that I rolled up the windows and turned on the AC. Maybe 200 miles from home I started to notice a strange smell, which from its distinct pungency was clearly gear oil. Merely moments after I noticed the smell, I began hearing a loud whining coming from the rear of the car. After I hit a safe stretch of highway, I pulled over and inspected the underside of the car. The diff carrier and most of the subframe were coated with gear oil; the smell was from the oil landing on the exhaust and burning off. I noticed that the majority of the oil was leaking from the right cv axle. Being in the middle of the 95 with no cell service, I drove the car the rest of the way home. The whining got slightly louder during this time, highly noticeable during and after second gear. I arrived home late and brought the car in to Mazda the following afternoon. The techs put it up on the rack and gave it a quick look. The tech confirmed that the fluid was leaking from the right axle and suspected that I'd blown a ring. He checked the fluid, which was pitch black and smelly, worse than what I'd usually seen come out of a diff. The tech told me to continue driving the car until they received notification from Mazda that the diff was covered under the warranty. I received a call the next day from the tech, he told me to drop the car off whenever and they'd have the diff ready for install. I brought it in a couple days later (Friday) and left it over the weekend. They called Monday to let me know that I would get the car back Tuesday as they were taking care to not ruin my alignment during the installation. Yesterday, I picked up my Miata and drove it home. I noticed no problems and the whine was gone. Happy, I took the car for a quick sunset run on one of my favorite back roads, maybe 15 miles total. On my way back I started to once again smell burning gear oil. I pulled over, pulled out a flashlight and checked the diff. It was literally PISSING fluid, all over the exhaust and subframe. The leak this time appears to be coming from the main seal on the diff itself, which is odd because the damn thing is brand new. I called the tech back and left him a voicemail as they had already closed, stating what was going on with the car and let him know that I'd bring it back the next day. I managed to get on the phone with the tech this morning; he's trying to argue that my lowering springs caused unnecessary stress on the axles, which is what damaged the diff to begin with. Which makes absolutely no sense, seeing as the springs I installed are FACTORY MAZDASPEED LOWERING SPRINGS. So basically this jackass is trying to argue that Mazda's own lowering springs cause their own diffs to explode? Fucking genius.
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That one minute video DP uploaded probably took him a day and a half to get it on youtube. Texas Problems.
For my first post on the automotive section, I present to you lads my B5.5 Passat GLS moments after its accident virginity had been stolen from it by a sophomore (whose license was only two days old) in my schools' parking lot. Clearly he was unfamiliar with how a car works, as when most people want to slow down, they hit the [I]brakes,[/I] not the accelerator. I was moving behind him at a safe speed for a parking lot and was nearly out of the way when he decided to step on it whilst in reverse, bumping me [URL="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24672028/20120919_134549.jpg"]right behind the tire and cracking the rear right tirewell[/URL]. Of course, his 01 Chevy S10 was merely scratched, yielding expected results for a metal-on-plastic collision. [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24672028/peoplecar.png[/t] Thankfully we're both insured, however I'm sure his rates will be through the roof as a sixteen year-old causing an accident within two days of becoming licensed to drive doesn't exactly look promising. [SUB][SUP](nobody was injured, both thankfully and obviously)[/SUP][/SUB]
[QUOTE=Aetna;37725625] I managed to get on the phone with the tech this morning; he's trying to argue that my lowering springs caused unnecessary stress on the axles, which is what damaged the diff to begin with. Which makes absolutely no sense, seeing as the springs I installed are FACTORY MAZDASPEED LOWERING SPRINGS. So basically this jackass is trying to argue that Mazda's own lowering springs cause their own diffs to explode? Fucking genius.[/QUOTE] Raise some shit, ask to talk to administrator/district manager/manager. Tell them to fix that shit because you paid money for their shit service. Don't be like this guy who thought that his local Nissan dealer can fix his Nissan 240sx. They hire whoever at those shops. Guy had his 240sx there burned his ECU because of their crap work they know nothing about. So raise shit and they will fix it
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;37727436]Raise some shit, ask to talk to administrator/district manager/manager. Tell them to fix that shit because you paid money for their shit service. Don't be like this guy who thought that his local Nissan dealer can fix his Nissan 240sx. They hire whoever at those shops. Guy had his 240sx there burned his ECU because of their crap work they know nothing about. So raise shit and they will fix it[/QUOTE] Luckily I'm not paying a dime 'since it's covered under Mazda's factory drivetrain warranty. It's just a bitch because it's a fucking simple process to replace the diff, and now I have to take it back AGAIN and be carless for a few days due to their incompetence.
[QUOTE=CantTouchDis;37727194]For my first post on the automotive section, I present to you lads my B5.5 Passat GLS moments after its accident virginity had been stolen from it by a sophomore (whose license was only two days old) in my schools' parking lot. Clearly he was unfamiliar with how a car works, as when most people want to slow down, they hit the [I]brakes,[/I] not the accelerator. I was moving behind him at a safe speed for a parking lot and was nearly out of the way when he decided to step on it whilst in reverse, bumping me [URL="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24672028/20120919_134549.jpg"]right behind the tire and cracking the rear right tirewell[/URL]. Of course, his 01 Chevy S10 was merely scratched, yielding expected results for a metal-on-plastic collision. [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24672028/peoplecar.png[/t] Thankfully we're both insured, however I'm sure his rates will be through the roof as a sixteen year-old causing an accident within two days of becoming licensed to drive doesn't exactly look promising. [SUB][SUP](nobody was injured, both thankfully and obviously)[/SUP][/SUB][/QUOTE] In my state if you get in accidents on your provisional which were your fault I think you lose it for 6 months to a year, I would always get the police involved so they can file the accident report and shit.
we have fully fledge police officers at every school with cars and all we have a bomb dog though so i feel special :) Anyway he is like all over any accident that happens near the school...it is kinda funny actually. He gave my dad a ticket when I went there for making a U-turn over a double yellow line. The cop said that he normally wouldn't give him a ticket, but since it was a school he said that my dad was setting a bad example for the kids. Not a week later, a car full of kids made a u-turn in the same spot and got nailed by an Escalade doing 40.
[QUOTE=slayer3032;37728568]In my state if you get in accidents on your provisional which were your fault I think you lose it for 6 months to a year, I would always get the police involved so they can file the accident report and shit.[/QUOTE] We had the sheriff come out and write it up, not to worry. [editline]19th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=dbk21894;37728630]we have fully fledge police officers at every school with cars and all we have a bomb dog though so i feel special :) Anyway he is like all over any accident that happens near the school...it is kinda funny actually. He gave my dad a ticket when I went there for making a U-turn over a double yellow line. The cop said that he normally wouldn't give him a ticket, but since it was a school he said that my dad was setting a bad example for the kids. Not a week later, a car full of kids made a u-turn in the same spot and got nailed by an Escalade doing 40.[/QUOTE] We've got one at mine, and he's an awesome guy. Stops in every once in a while at the comic shop myself and my friends hang out at and chats with us, obviously the kind of guy who got in the LEO business to be a peace officer rather than an enforcer.
I'm definitely going to be a police officer for about 5 years when I turn 21. The Arlington, VA police dept. is just awesome.
"School Resource Officers" pretty sure most-all schools have them
Chainsaws are assholes. one of my dad's buddies bought a nice Husqvarna (455 Rancher) something like a year ago. He lent it to a friend of his who ran it without oil in the gas, toasted the piston + cylinder. Well, to get it rebuilt professionally would cost about as much as a whole new saw so he opted to just buy a new saw. so i invested $100 in a piston and cylinder and rebuilt the saw something like the beginning of last week. forgot to tighten down the flywheel nut, sheared off the timing key on the back of the flywheel. $20 later, got a new flywheel shipped to me - it arrived this Monday. Put on the new flywheel, tightened down the nut with a small impact gun to make sure it wasn't going to shear off the timing key again.. Didn't check the clutch on the other side of the crankshaft - it had spun off (it's a left hand thread) just enough to come into contact with the clutch cover and totally not thinking about it, I tried to start the saw. It bound up pretty good after the first couple pulls.. Because the clutch was stuck against the clutch cover and had sheared off half the threads on the crankshaft. Fuckin' kidding me. Now I've got to invest another $20 in a crankshaft and $35 in a clutch. Bah. Whatever, $150 for a $400 saw isn't too bad of a deal and i've learned my lesson(s) the hard way which means they'll really stick with me. plus, i now know more about chainsaws than i ever thought i would and it'll make me appreciate it all the more when i'm stuck cutting up logs with this beast of a saw
[QUOTE=dbk21894;37728630]we have fully fledge police officers at every school with cars and all we have a bomb dog though so i feel special :) Anyway he is like all over any accident that happens near the school...it is kinda funny actually. He gave my dad a ticket when I went there for making a U-turn over a double yellow line. The cop said that he normally wouldn't give him a ticket, but since it was a school he said that my dad was setting a bad example for the kids. Not a week later, a car full of kids made a u-turn in the same spot and got nailed by an Escalade doing 40.[/QUOTE] I remember those sniffing dogs in high school. sitting in math suddenly seeing cops and dog getting out of their van in the school parking lot "Sir can I go to the bathroom I have to go nowwwwwww". run to the locker and flush the whole stash. Was a exciting period tbh
for some reason we didn't have a drug dog despite the fact that our school was notorious in the area for having drug problems on 4/20 the dog was happy as a clam sitting in the officer's office
[QUOTE=dbk21894;37729293]for some reason we didn't have a drug dog despite the fact that our school was notorious in the area for having drug problems on 4/20 the dog was happy as a clam sitting in the officer's office[/QUOTE] Thats what you think. What you didnt know is that they were sweeping the parking lot between classes
[QUOTE=areolop;37729299]Thats what you think. What you didnt know is that they were sweeping the parking lot between classes[/QUOTE] well yeah every 4/20 we have a fire drill when they bring in 3 more k9 units and search specific lockers soooo many idiot kids get caught, its funny as hell
Sweet living fuck that bumper is hard to get on.
[img]http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/209197_10151406507423154_1414140826_o.jpg[/img] i found pic of mah dads old truck.
Discovered one of my friends does photography and does a pretty good job of it. These are the compressed images from Facebook. The original images are 16.1mp [img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/545717_10151117780706859_1294410383_n.jpg[/img] [img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/399004_10151104083931859_94853226_n.jpg[/img] [img]http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/260182_10151100660161859_333671835_n.jpg[/img] [img]http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/526375_10151011520946859_1436034999_n.jpg[/img] [img]http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/550980_10150927890046859_348861932_n.jpg[/img] I think they're pretty impressive. If I can find the uncompressed ones, I'll post those [editline]19th September 2012[/editline] (theres more images, I just pulled a few)
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